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NO formation and NH3 formation use different thermal versus blue-light conditions, and the 5,000-turnover figure is tied to the photochemical setup. DIRECT_TEXT

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Heated to 176°F (80°C) in a solvent, with an acid and a hydrogen donor added, the iron compound took one oxygen off nitrate. ... Under the lamp the catalyst carried nitrate the whole way to ammonia, at 85% yield. Cutting it to one molecule for every 100,000 nitrates still turned over 5,000 of them per catalyst molecule.